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[129.132.247.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y11sm82867475eem.3.2012.04.10.05.27.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:27:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F84270E.2090003@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:26:54 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120316 Thunderbird/11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: Getting Started References: <002f01cd1708$8ab027f0$6400a8c0@Compaq1> In-Reply-To: <002f01cd1708$8ab027f0$6400a8c0@Compaq1> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD43D9CD7EE5B56C9510190AE" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.125.83.41 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:27:21 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD43D9CD7EE5B56C9510190AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10.04.2012 12:56, Steve Burtchin wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 03:50:18 -0400 Steve Burtchin worte: > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:17:15 +0200 Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' > Serbinenko wrote: > >----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------- > >On 07.04.2012 11:54, Steve Burtchin wrote: > >> GRUB Developers, > >>=20 > >> Please help me get started developing GRUB2. I would like to add so= me > >> additional functionality to the 'parttool' command (functionally > >> similar to the code changes I proposed for GRUB-Legacy). > >Could you give more details? > >----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------- > > > >I had hoped I could answer the details question with a URL link, but > I cannot find that > >bug report now.=20 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > =20 > I found the URL to the bug report. It is > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19410. In summary (and more > specifically), I wish to add the following features to the GRUB2 > 'parttool' command: > =20 > 1) Create or delete a primary partition. This functionality was > provided by the 'partnew' command in GRUB Legacy. See also > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19389. As I've explained in a parallel thread (the one concerning SoC), any writing to disk is potentially dangerous and so we need a good reason to do it. Why would you want to regularly create and destroy partitions in GRUB? > =20 > 2) Edit extended partition tables (EPBRs). This functionality was > added to GRUB Legacy with the 'eptedit' command as described in bug > report #19410. > =20 I feel like improvements into our gptsync (i.a. support for creating secondary partitions when possible) solves the same problems (having more than 4 OS requiring primary partitions) but in a more standartised way and with a benefit of that GPT-aware tools will handle the whole thing correctly. > NOTE: Not mentioned in the original bug report: with the ability to > edit EPBRs, the potential number of logical partitions is limited only > by the disk geometry for any SATA, PATA or SCSI disk. > =20 > Regards, > =20 > Steve Burtchin > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigD43D9CD7EE5B56C9510190AE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk+EJxQACgkQNak7dOguQgnVtAD/bILwQm67cQJop/cWtcrO3gt5 Ll2bgZ16VihK7y97l8IA+wXnmkTGgkca/gWPsapyZcu19wwI8pHLuxt56lRQYyGV =uSi3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD43D9CD7EE5B56C9510190AE--